Tonight we discuss the miracle of food.copyright protection13ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAKSjHkp7A

I love food. Love, love, love it. If I were to become rich, I would spend all my money on food and not on a gym membership to make me celebrity-fit. Why be skinny when food tastes so good?copyright protection13ＰＥＮＡＮＡFS6yhZNzjS

Luckily I was blessed with the skill to make food, and decent food at that. I have heard many times that my food is good enough, so much so that people ask for recipes (which most of the time I just throw stuff together and hope for the best). I had to learn most of the fancier food tricks on my own, but I had the privilege of having a mother that taught me the basics. You know, like how not to burn water and such things.copyright protection13ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRzSVP4mD9

Another great teacher for food techniques are those videos you watch online. I'm obsessed with those videos, watching all the simple ideas for fancy food when you're on a budget or you have to try impress your in-laws when they come over. Got to make sure your future mother-in-law doesn't think you're starving her precious little boy. (Although, I'm lucky when it comes to the in-laws, they tend to take us out to eat when they visit).copyright protection13ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5KtY3aisi

Getting back to those videos: there's three things that seriously annoy me about them though. 1) They always make me SUPER hungry. Sitting there on the couch like an idiot, double chinning while scrolling through social media and then there it is... The most delicious-looking, cheese-dripping, bacon-filled thing ever, but it would take so much effort for you to actually get up off the couch and make it yourself. 2) Why is it that even the most simple meal on these videos always has at least one ingredient that you don't have? Even then, I'm always too scared to attempt the meal, because who knows if that one ingredient is what will make or break the entire thing. 3) I have actually attempted many of these video recipes, and all of them a success. However, it grates me when I go through the effort of going out to the shops, buying all the expensive-ass ingredients, going back home to slave in front of the stove to create the meal, make everything look fancy-fancy (because presentation is half the art), only to have whoever eats the stuff to shrug it off and not really compliment you. Not to mention all the damn dishes I have to wash after making all the special food for no real reward. copyright protection13ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8bZHtZu2i

Speaking of food videos, now that I think about it, what is up with those ASMR videos? I've happened upon so many of them, and I honestly can't say if they're creepy-weird, or just... weird. I'd much rather watch people make food than hear them eat it, because I get super jealous watching other people eating food I can't eat myself. Like that whole thing of having a meal, and no matter what you do it never looks as tasty as what is in your mom's plate (even though it's the EXACT same food you have in your plate). copyright protection13ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsaWl6Mpsp

That's all I can think of for tonight's foodie rambling. Please feel free to suggest new ideas or topics you would like to read about when I get insomnia again.copyright protection13ＰＥＮＡＮＡyavjEtmOMP